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05-11-2019, 09:10 PM
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Treble hook for snagging beavers
Anyone ever use a large treble with 550 cord for retrieving beavers and musk rats after shooting them? What sized hooks did you use?. I'm thinking simple.....throw out the hook drag till you snag the critter and pull it in.
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05-11-2019, 09:15 PM
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Drive 3 or 4 3” spikes though a small chunk of wood, like a 6” chunk of hockey stick. That’s what I’ve used.
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05-11-2019, 09:20 PM
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I used to use a big floating Rapala plug that had 3 trebles on it attached to a level wind with 50 pound test line.Worked fantastic!!
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05-11-2019, 09:25 PM
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I made some trebles from 1/4" round rod, welded flat washer for eye and any plastic bottle with eye, 4"cord to knot rope on the bottle. the bottle must float the hook. Para cord works well
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05-12-2019, 09:24 AM
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A chunk of 1/2” dowel and a couple larger treble hooks on 3” steel leaders.
And you’ve got yourself a genuine beaver retriever.
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05-12-2019, 09:40 AM
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Secret tactic
I have always had luck with drinks and a fancy sports car🤪
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05-12-2019, 09:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reddeerhunter
I have always had luck with drinks and a fancy sports car🤪
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05-12-2019, 12:36 PM
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Treble
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Originally Posted by Northwinds
I used to use a big floating Rapala plug that had 3 trebles on it attached to a level wind with 50 pound test line.Worked fantastic!!
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X2.
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05-12-2019, 02:01 PM
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Platinum credit card and a wad of $100 bills. Guaranteed beaver catcher
Sorry Couldn't resist
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05-15-2019, 07:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by obsessed1
Anyone ever use a large treble with 550 cord for retrieving beavers and musk rats after shooting them? What sized hooks did you use?. I'm thinking simple.....throw out the hook drag till you snag the critter and pull it in.
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you just need a fgod retriever
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05-15-2019, 08:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diesel_wiesel
you just need a fgod retriever
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Lol already got 4 dogs...not interested in adding another yet
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05-16-2019, 12:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reddeerhunter
I have always had luck with drinks and a fancy sports car🤪
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Are you still in highschool?
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05-16-2019, 12:29 PM
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Bitter?
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Originally Posted by Battle Rat
Are you still in highschool?
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Nope. 40 now. But thats how I did it then. No sense of humour battle cat?
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05-16-2019, 07:54 PM
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I used to use a fibreglass kids bow with a spool of 50 pound test fishing line and a practice arrow with a few treble hooks fastened near the front end. I could fish 'em out from 50' away easy!
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05-17-2019, 09:23 PM
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I have used a 16 foot 3 piece telescopic paint roller handle for years. To hook the beaver I took the roller off the handle and bent it into a hook shape.
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05-19-2019, 07:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by obsessed1
Lol already got 4 dogs...not interested in adding another yet
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train the ones ya got
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If you consider an unsuccessful hunt to be a waste of time,
then the true meaning of the chase Eludes you all together
you only get a second
shoot where their
going not where they been,
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05-20-2019, 02:46 PM
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My experience has been that beavers sink when you shoot them. And if you’d try to snag them off the bottom you’d end up with nothing but logs and sticks.
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05-20-2019, 02:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aardvaark
My experience has been that beavers sink when you shoot them. And if you’d try to snag them off the bottom you’d end up with nothing but logs and sticks.
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With a perfect brain shot they will float. With anything but a lights out brain shot they will dive and hug bottom. If you don't kill em clean come back the next day and they will likely be floating there.
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05-20-2019, 06:08 PM
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If you have a beaver that sinks and you know where, take a long pole with a 2” butt and split the butt about 4-6” high on one end. Wedge the split slightly open using a wooden match. Feel along the bottom with the split end until you find the beaver. Rest the pole on the beaver and slowly turn it in circle until you feel resistance. That will be the beavers long guard hairs getting twisted and snagged in the pole. Lift the pole up slowly and grab the beaver while it is just below the surface water. If you try to lift it out of the water using the pole the beaver may slip free when out of the buoyancy of the water.
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